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        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers at Virginia Tech, including sociologist Liesel Ritchie, geophysicist Manoochehr Shirzaei, and civil engineer David Munoz, are working to better anticipate the flooding caused by hurricanes and help communities better prepare for extreme weather events. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Using an early-stage volcanic activity alert system, College of Science researchers have detected and tracked a short-lived bulge in the land around an active volcano. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Shirzaei discusses the importance of understanding and measuring sinking land, commonly called subsidence. He shared insights about the use of satellite data in creating high resolution maps, how land subsidence fits into the overall picture of climate change, and how he hopes the information is used by localities.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Holly shares her studies in geoscience and through her focus in geology and geophysics, she learns not just about rocks, but what they do. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Scott King is quoted in the Nature story on the apparent volcanic activity discovery. He has said making surface discoveries about Venus is “challenging” because of heavy clouds that shroud the planet.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Manoochehr Shirzaei, director of the Earth Observation Lab at Virginia Tech, says &#34;, as sea levels rise and lands continue to subside, coastal flooding and erosion will likely become the single major hazard to coastal communities and the environment.&#34;   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The projects supported in this year’s awards focus on the use of data science methods in the fields of geophysics, medicine, and systems biology. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jennifer Cyrnak (&#39;93, &#39;96) came to Virginia Tech undecided and ultimately chose Geophysics as her science. ]]></description>
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